Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 / Pollini · Abbado · Berliner Philharmoniker

[nannivito]

Magnifico!!!

[1Thompsonmusic]

This is not Mozart. 

[yooolue]

oh, i was sitting and tearing in the concert hall.... the most beautiful moments ever and ever!!

[0722myk]

What a beautiful sound…

[changjiang001]

Does anyone notice that Pollini is actually humming the melody?

[yooolue]

@changjiang001 yes, as many others: Fu Ts'ong, Brendel, et al.... GG is not lonely ;)

[chrish12345]

Look at the interview with Pollin and Abbado if you follow the link provided - Pollini doesn't look so old in the conversation, maybe some trick of the light makes him look older in this performance video.

[cancunhunt]

He kind of looks like Sviatoslav Richter in the movie, Richter The Enigma. I guess smoking cigarettes is bad for your health.

That being said, I saw him perform Chopin's op 25 no. 10, 11, and Scherzo No.1  with ferocious volume, virtuosity, and clarity last year in Chicago. Dynamite. It was a freak of nature performance that shocked me. In comparison, Kissin, who is in his physical prime sounded rather tame and thin in tone.

[myukguk]

Anyone know what's up with the tag on the principal bassoonist's bocal at :50?

[johngotwalt]

he was recently ill, having cancelled a string of concerts both in the US and Europe

[gamibears]

@chobeethaninov: It was Artur Schnabel who said that: "Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.

[yooolue]

i was there live! most beautiful moments!

[xaviqaz]

Pollini looks very old here. He is not 70 yet

[NiniClarineta]

@xaviqaz He is 69 years old

[xaviqaz]

@NiniClarineta he looks 85

[pildskadden]

If this isn't pure beauty, I don't know what is.

[francis363]

A pesar de la edad Polini sigue siendo uno de los grandes y prueba de ello es esta increible muestra de calidad pianística.

[paulahuchhuch]

FABULOUS...THANK YOU...

[manuelspcool]

Please dear Berliner Philharmoniker we need Madame Uchida with Mozart piano Concerto No.9 or maybe the No.25,, greets =) love ur music

[MrPeterJohnston]

Pollini - quite possibly the greatest pianist of all time.

[leoncioviolin]

BRAVO. HERMOSO SONIDO

[sebastianrc]

It would be great if Mozart could have gotten to a later age, to see his music growing in experience (I mean by time, not by genius) and getting to a whole new level only people like him could have reach

[petermstsui]

BRAVO to pollini and Abbado!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anzdf]

Maravilloso Mozart.

Gracias.

[abelsincain]

Funny how some of these Mozart "specialist" pianists are older men and the author himself was a child when he wrote many of the concertos.

[mikabrains]

@abelsincain dont old people revert to being babies/youngsters ?

[abelsincain]

@mikabrains :))

[freshhh1994]

@abelsincain

what???? old people FTW (I'm 16)

[chobeethaninov]

@abelsincain I forget who said this quote, but didn't someone say that Mozart is too easy for children and too difficult for adults...

[chai35]

@chobeethaninov I think it was Artur Schnabel, and this is so true!

[venskus2009]

@chobeethaninov so perfect for teens? xD

[filsderobin]

@chobeethaninov "The sonatas of Mozart are unique: too easy for children, too difficult for adults. Children are given Mozart to paly because of the quantity of notes; grown ups avoid him because of the quality of notes. " - (Artur Schnabel)

[Oyhaa]

@chobeethaninov I think it was Arthur Schnabel.

[MozartK365]

@chobeethaninov it was Schnabel

[TFreckle]

@abelsincain A most ecxellent point, showing the age which was proven through the young Mozart's composition. Sadly we never got to hear how the aged Mozart would have composed - perhaps with youth and joy as opposed to this - this heavy composition,

[ILuvNymphadoraTonks]

@abelsincain Then it really goes to show how much of a genius Mozart was, if it takes this many years for the "specialist pianists" to gain that expertise!

[flutemaster82718]

Good job! Thanks~